Senior HR Advisor

Key Responsibilities: 

Employee Relations  

• Act as the primary ER lead for UK & IE, providing authoritative guidance on complex, high‑risk and sensitive ER matters, and setting standards for best practice across Student and Multifamily operations 

• Serve as a trusted expert in UK & IE employment law, advising managers and senior stakeholders on risk management, legal implications, and strategic options 

• Provide second‑line and escalation‑level ER support, coaching managers through difficult conversations, investigations and hearings, and ensuring consistent, fair and commercially balanced outcomes 

• Provide coaching, oversee and quality‑assure the full lifecycle of ER cases handled by the HR Advisor, ensuring documentation, timelines and recommendations meet high standards 

• Partner closely with HRBPs on restructures, TUPE, Mergers & Acquisitions, Disposals, organisational change and other programmes requiring advanced ER expertise 

• Build strong, influential relationships across Operations, becoming a go‑to advisor for onsite leaders and a driver of positive workplace culture and management capability 

• Identify case trends and work with business partners to sharing insight to implement strategies to mitigate further risk. 

Process improvement: 

• Lead on the continuous improvement of HR processes, identifying issues, recommending enhancements, and ensuring process changes are embedded across UK & IE operations 

• Take ownership of updating and improving HR policies, ER templates, guidance and toolkits, ensuring they remain legally compliant, practical, and manager‑friendly 

General administration: 

• Work with UK & IE, and EU Shared Services teams to ensure compliance with SLAs in delivering a seamless service to team members. 

• Respond to employee queries, resolve issues, and communicate outcomes effectively 

• Processing and oversight of monthly payroll changes ensuring accuracy on complex cases (e.g. sick pay, contractual changes, TUPE movements)  

General HR Operations Leadership 

• Provide leadership, coaching and quality assurance to the EU Shared Services team and HR Advisor, ensuring work is accurate, timely and aligned with Greystar standards 

• Draft, review and quality check HR documents involving elevated risk or sensitivity (e.g., disciplinary outcomes, settlement documentation inputs, complex contract variations) 

• Maintain high standards of compliance, reporting and audit readiness across all HR related record keeping 

• Monitor HR activity trends (ER themes, absence patterns, turnover drivers) and proactively escalate insights to the HRBPs